republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/128/ld-198.md

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Bill	An Act To Protect Landlords From Lawsuits For Damage Or Harm Caused By Assistance Animals	An Act To Protect Landlords From Lawsuits For Damage Or Harm Caused By Assistance Animals	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	128	LD 198	Maine LD 198 (128)	bill	CIVIL PROCEDURE LIMITATION OF ACTIONS DAMAGE CAUSED BY SERVICE ANIMALS	enacted	ORDWAY	1	19	0	2017-01-26	2017-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/2ff3373f-344e-4a06-83c3-cdbc060b07aa	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280062753	560fa67dd55d771ae6cc9224e0db620cf6c0f616212dcff8faf660d1c10adcb6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 198 (128) — An Act To Protect Landlords From Lawsuits For Damage Or Harm Caused By Assistance Animals

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Initial Version (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• ORDWAY — primary (person)
• COLLINS — cosponsor (person)
• HANINGTON — cosponsor (person)
• HARRINGTON — cosponsor (person)
• KINNEY — cosponsor (person)
• PICKETT — cosponsor (person)
• STETKIS — cosponsor (person)
• STEWART — cosponsor (person)
• TURNER — cosponsor (person)
• WOODSOME — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-01-26 Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
• 2017-01-26 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. referral-committee
• 2017-01-26 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-01-26 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence referral-committee
• 2017-04-25 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2017-04-25 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2017-04-25 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-74).
• 2017-04-25 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-04-27 Report READ and ACCEPTED
• 2017-04-27 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2017-04-27 Committee Amendment "A" (H-74) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2017-04-27 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2017-05-02 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2017-05-02 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-74), in concurrence. reading-2
• 2017-05-02 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2017-05-04 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2017-05-04 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-05-09 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2017-05-11 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2ff3373f-344e-4a06-83c3-cdbc060b07aa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).